Rachel Wolgemuth

In 2011 we started the Boneyard Bookworms to bring together readers to engage in meaningful discussion set in a unique environment. 96 books later, we are still going strong, and in 2019 the Bookworms were featured in the American Library Association’s Book Club Reboot: 71 Creative Twists.

We asked our members what they’re reading during this time of quarantine, and here’s how they responded:

Non-Fiction:

Alice Paul: Equality for Women by Christine Lunardini

At Home: A Short Story of Private Life by Bill Bryson

Black Death at the Golden Gate: The Race to Save America from the Bubonic Plague by David K. Randall

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham

The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History by John M. Barry

The Library Book by Susan Orlean

The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America’s Enemies by Jason Fagone

Fiction:

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line: A Novel by Deepa Anapparra

Falling Angels: A Novel by Tracy Chevalier

Once Upon a River: A Novel by Diane Setterfield

Started Early, Took my Dog: A Novel (Jackson Brodie Book 4) by Kate Atkinson

The Dutch House: A Novel by Ann Patchett

The Last Chinese Chef: A Novel by Nicole Mones

The Mirror & the Light (Wolf Hall Trilogy Book 3) by Hilary Mantel

The Solitary House: A Novel (Charles Maddox Book 2) by Lynn Shepherd

There There: A Novel by Tommy Orange

Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts by Kate Racculia

Some All-Time Bookworm Favorites:

Burial Rites: A Novel by Hannah Kent

Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard